General and Special Laws of The State of Texas Passed By The Second, Third and Fourth Called Sessions of the Sixty-Second Legislature and the Regular Session of the Sixty-Third Legislature Page: 41
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RESOLUTIONS
of joint operation of such facilities, and shall report thereon to the re-
spective Houses from time to time as the occasion warrants. Should joint
operation of any facility be provided by the two Houses, such facility shall
be under the supervision and control of the Joint Committee. It is further
provided that the Joint Committee shall in no way interfere with the opera-
tion of the offices or staffs of individual Senators and members of the
House of Representatives.
41. If a joint facility for the enrollment of bills is provided, it shall be
the duty of such facility to enroll in accurate and correct form all bills
or resolutions passed by both Houses, as well as any resolution passed by a
single House which is subject to being enrolled, under such rules and reg-
ulations as may be promulgated by the Joint Committee. In the absence of
such joint facility, it shall be the duty of the Enrolling and Engrossing
Clerk of the House to enroll all bills and resolutions which originate in the
House and the duty of the Enrolling and Engrossing Clerk of the Senate
to enroll all bills and resolutions which originate in the Senate.
42. After examination and report, each bill shall be signed in the
respective Houses, first by the presiding officer of the House in which the
bill originated and then by the presiding officer of the other house, in ac-
cordance with Article 8, Section 38, of the Texas Constitution.
43. After a bill shall have been signed in each House, it shall be pre-
sented by the Joint Committee to the Governor for his consideration and
action. The Joint Committee shall report the day of presentation to the
Governor, which event and date thereof shall be entered in the Journal of
the House in which the bill originated.
44. Unless and until a joint facility for the enrollment of bills is pro-
vided, the duties and responsibilities herein imposed on the Joint Commit-
tee shall be exercised and performed by the Senate Committee on Enrolled
and Engrossed Bills in the case of bills originating in the Senate, and by
the House Committee on Enrolled and Engrossed Bills in the case of bills
originating in the House.
45. All orders, resolutions and votes which are to be presented to the
Governor for his approbation shall also be enrolled, examined and signed in
the same manner as bills, and shall be presented in the same manner and
by the same committee as provided in the case of bills.
ADJOURNMENTS
46. Neither house shall, without the consent of the other, adjourn for
more than three days, nor to any other place than that where the Legisla-
ture may be sitting (Constitution, Article 3, Section 17).
47. Consent for the adjournment of either or both Houses for more
than three days shall be evidenced by a concurrent resolution passed by a
majority vote in both Houses prior to the time such period of adjourn-
ment shall begin.
48. Each session of the Legislature shall adjourn sine die at the time
fixed therefor by the Constitution of Texas unless an earlier date or time
shall be determined by concurrent resolution passed by a majority vote in
both Houses, in which event the date and time fixed by such resolution
shall govern.
49. When the time arrives for sine die adjournment, each House shall
give notice to the other that it has completed its labors and stands ready
to adjourn sine die, and the fact of such notice shall be recorded in the
Journals of the respective Houses.
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Texas. Legislature. General and Special Laws of The State of Texas Passed By The Second, Third and Fourth Called Sessions of the Sixty-Second Legislature and the Regular Session of the Sixty-Third Legislature, legislative document, 1973; [Austin, Texas]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth221792/m1/42/: accessed May 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.